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Suspended and expelled age 5

Sue12

my grandson has autism undiagnosed at the moment but very likely, speach and language delays and social delays. He’s has been suspended  twice in just over a week for distroying the class room. He has a young girl who is class room assistant and no knowledge in this field she has 3 children with adhd and 2 with suspected autism . My grandson is a big boy for his age and he just bust these meltdown in school . He got no communication with anyone as he not understand. My daughter has cried her eyes out over the last two week and is physically and mentally drained. The last straw today they have excluded him . Is there any advice as where she can get some help for him and some support. Has any one experience this with there children that mayb could give me some idea what I can do next. Thank you. 

  • in reply to Nicky - Mod

    Thank you so much. We will definitely be on the phone on Monday. Thank you so much. 

  • Hi Sue12

    I am going to post links to lots of different information in the hope that it is helpful for you all.

    You may want to give our Autism Helpline a call for further advice?

    Our Autism Helpline team can provide you with information and advice . You can contact the team via telephone on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm). Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor. Alternatively, should you prefer to send a message, you can do so via their webform - https://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main/questions.aspx

    School Exclusions information - you may be interested in contacting our School Exclusions service. The School Exclusions Service offers advice and information to parents of children and young people on the autism spectrum on all aspects of school exclusion in England.
    If you would like to access this service please call 0808 800 4002. Please leave a message on the answering service with a brief summary of your enquiry, together with your phone number and email address, so that an Exclusions Adviser can arrange to call you back to discuss your query in detail. Alternatively, you can the team via email on - schoolexclusions@nas.org.uk

    You may like to contact our Parent to Parent service who offers emotional support to parents and carers of children or adults with autism. This service is confidential and run by trained parent volunteers who are all parents themselves of a child or adult with autism .

    You contact the team on 0808 800 4106. Please leave a message and the team will call you back as soon as possible at a time that suits you, including evenings and weekends. Alternatively you can use contact the team via web form - http://www.autism.org.uk/services/community/family-support/parent-to-parent/enquiry.aspx

    You may want to contact our Education Rights Service who provides information, support and advice on educational provision and entitlements. Please see the following link for further information: http://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/education-rights.aspx

    The following article contains a lot of helpful information about education for a child with an autism - http://www.autism.org.uk/about/in-education.aspx - This includes information regarding getting extra support for your child in their education setting.

    You can search for schools that cater for children with an autism spectrum disorder on our Autism Services Directory: www.autism.org.uk/directory.aspx

    It can help to pass on information specifically for education professionals about autism spectrum disorders. The following link contains information written for education professionals - http://www.autism.org.uk/professionals/teachers.aspx

    Hope this helps,

    Nicky-Mod

  • in reply to Blank

    I know he’s under a specialist team and they say there nearly there with diagnosis. We have education coming Tuesday so see from there and just hope they diagnose him soon. Thank you 

  • I think it's very peculiar that they simply send him home and not offer a solution.

    But it is probably also related to him not being officially diagnosed. I'd go to the GP for a referral to get him tested and ask the education officer for advice as well.

  • in reply to Bonniepurple

    Hi thank you for your information. Unfortunately he has now been expelled from school as he’s had another melt down. I have to wait for the education officer to come and see me and see what can be done. 

  • First of all, breathe.  Has he just started school or is he in Year 1?  School is a noisy, busy, confusing place for all children at the start.  Add in sensory processing issues and communication difficulties and it is easy to see why meltdowns happen - HOWEVER, the safety of the other children and adults is paramount and so I can understand the need to remove him from the situation.  Currently, that involves sending him home.

    Your daughter needs to work with the school here.  If his TA knows nothing about autism, is there someone else there who does?  Could they swop roles, even temporarily?  Is there a safe place in school or in the classroom where he can go if he is feeling overwhelmed?  Does he have known warning signs or triggers?  Could the staff learn these and be able to defuse or direct into a safe place?

    What the school will want (speaking with my governor hat on) is all the children to be able to access appropriate education.  It may be that this school and your grandson are simply not a good fit.